#knowledge-base

Knowledge Management · Sep 21, 2026

When your knowledge base is wrong about itself

A machine-maintained knowledge base has a failure mode a handwritten one does not: it can be wrong about itself and look entirely fine. What we found auditing our own wiki — and what follows from it.

Ai Retrieval · Jun 7, 2026

Every claim cites its source — and why that beats a chatbot that invents one

A chatbot will hand you a confident sentence with no idea where it came from. Pith hands you the same sentence with the saved source attached. For defensible work, that difference is the whole job.

Brand · May 21, 2026

Why Pith Lab? On principles and the workshops that make them real.

Pith was always the principle: what remains when you boil reading down to its essence. The lab is where that distillation actually happens, week after week.

Knowledge Management · May 8, 2026

Concepts, not folders: how a knowledge base earns its keep over time

Folders make sense when you're filing. Concepts make sense when you're thinking. A knowledge base for consultants needs the second.

Knowledge Management · May 7, 2026

Briefings, not newsletters: the right output for a consulting knowledge base

Most teams confuse curation with publication. A weekly briefing is what you actually need — and it's not the same thing as a newsletter.

Ai Governance · May 5, 2026

Why every consulting firm should run a private knowledge base

Email threads, scattered Slack channels, shared drives. Works at three; falls apart at thirty.